To find out where alternative music lives today we need to start at the beginning. Alternative rock as it is known or Indie Rock started in the 80’s and rose to popularity in the 90’s. It’s known as Indie because in its beginnings (back when it was genuinely alternative) it was the independent music labels of the 80’s that produced this original music...
Modern and contemporary music performances are the biggest selling entertainment productions in the world. Millions of people travel thousands of miles to witness some of the most breathtaking musical stage acts every year and their expectations are now higher than ever due to the strength of the technology available. There are many considerations to take into account when designing and implementing a professional modern performance...
As a child Placebo were one of the first bands I saw on a music channel on a rich friend’s TV. They were considered by me to be a mysterious something that must not be listened to lest you be one of these ‘Goths’ I had been hearing about.
Alongside with Korn which was the first of these forbidden pleasures I was to experience I was given a copy of ‘Without you I’m Nothing’, their 1998 album. I had listened to this album on and off for about 4 years and when I started writing my own music and suddenly I couldn’t stop listening to it. I then went out to buy the follow up material immediately. The title track ‘Without You I’m Nothing’ was an unbelievably important song in my musical development as a teenage writer due to it’s harmonic and melodic intelligence despite it’s accessibility as a popular song....
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